Zhu Lilan and the June 21 Letter to Thaw a Frozen Relationship
Kept under a withheld classification, a 1999 communication sought to bridge a divide opened by NATO's bombing of a Chinese embassy and the theft of nuclear secrets
By Harlan Pryce ·
PRC
British Intelligence Monitored Chinese Science to Gauge Atomic Threat
The CCP controls every lesson in China, but for years, British intelligence agents tracked those classrooms to see if they were teaching the path to a nuclear bomb.
By Roy Castellano ·
Wang Bingnan Predicts US 'Soft Approaches' to Free Prisoners
US prisoners held in China were the target of tactical 'soft approaches' at a 1955 dinner, while the contents of a mysterious 'Agenda II' remain blacked out.
By Vera Kessler ·
Molotov Blocks Free Elections to Protect Kim Il Sung
Korean voters were denied a democratic poll after Soviet leadership pushed the UN out of the 1954 Geneva Conference to protect Kim Il Sung's grip on power.
By Roy Castellano ·
Beijing Holds American Nationals as Leverage in Geneva Deadlock
American nationals served as currency in a high-stakes deadlock while internal Chinese deliberations remained opaque as Wang Bingnan sought orders for a private dinner in Geneva.
By Roy Castellano ·